A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: The Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership secured a 27,000-acre community forest and a 312,000-acre conservation easement to sustain a rural economy.
Website:: www.newenglandforestry.org/projects/dlfp.asp
Contact:: Amos Eno
Executive Director
New England Forestry Foundation

(207) 847-9313
aeno@newenglandforestry.org

Project Name:: Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania
Summary:: Public and private forest managers, with the conservation group Sand County Foundation, created the voluntary Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative to restore a healthy forest ecosystem.
Website:: www.allegheny-vacation.com/kqdc.html
Contact:: Kevin McAleese
Program Director
Sand County Foundation
608-663-4605
kmcaleese@sandcounty.net

Project Name:: Nicatous Lake Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Maine
Summary:: Conserving, in perpetuity, economic, ecological, and recreational values to ensure ongoing benefits of sustainable forestry, water quality, wildlife, and recreational pursuits.
Website:: www.fsmaine.org
Contact:: Alan Hutchinson
Executive Director
Forest Society of Maine
207-945-9200
alan@fsmaine.org

Project Name:: Lake George Land Conservancy Watershed Project
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: The partnership created an 1850-acre preserve to protect a major Lake George tributary and the Town of Bolton's drinking water source.
Website:: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/lakegeorge/
Contact:: Lynn L. Schumann
Executive Director
Lake George Land Conservancy
518-644-9673
lschumann@tnc.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Great Allatoona Lake Cleanup
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: This is a long standing partnership involving protection of public lands in a rapidly developing area that becomes model for lake cleanup's across the nation.
Website:: allatoona.sam.usace.army.mil/
Contact:: Ginger Bjornson
Park Ranger
U.S.Army Corps of Engineers
678-721-6729
Virginia.E.Bjornson@sam.usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Protecting Fish Habitat in SC
Location:: Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:: A powerful coalition of private citizens and federal, state, and local agencies, is restoring South Carolina's rare trout waters.
Contact:: David Demarest
Foothills RC&D Coordinator
Foothills RC&D
864-467-2775
dave.demarest@sc.usda.gov

Project Name:: Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Programmatic Safe Harbor
Location:: Southeastern: South Carolina
Summary:: Safe Harbor agreement was established in South Carolina to address landowner concerns and to provide sufficient assurances to engage them in woodpecker habitat conservation.
Contact:: Michael Bean
Sr. Attorney, Ecosystems Program
Environmental Defense
202-387-3500 ext. 3312
michael_bean@environmentaldefense.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Bridger-Teton National Forest Plan Revision
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Wyoming
Summary:: The BTNF is starting its Plan Revision process under the 2005 NFMA Planning Rule, relying on public collaboration to produce a sound strategy to guide the BTNF's contribution to sustainability.
Website:: www.fs.fed.us/r4/btnf
Contact:: Herrick Fox
Forest Planner
Bridger-Teton National Forest
(307) 739-5563
hsfox@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Kaskaskia Watershed Association, Inc.
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Illinois
Summary:: Federal, State and local partners joined together to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for restoration and management of the Kaskaskia River watershed.
Website:: www.swircd.org/swircd/projects/kas_Final_Report.htm
Contact:: Larry Hasheider
President
Kaskaskia Watershed Association, Inc.
618-243-5514
lhmh76@hotmail.com

Project Name:: Green Topeka Sustainable Development
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Nebraska
Summary:: Designed and implemented stormwater management systems that utilize vegetation to treat the volume of runoff, and to improve its quality.
Contact:: Greg Ruark
Program Manager
USDA National Agroforestry Center
256-372-4540
gruark@fs.fed.us

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Fort Still Private Lands Initiative
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Oklahoma
Summary:: A broad-based coalition of interests has come together to identify common concerns and provide a mechanism for de-conflicting economic, environmental, and social needs in positive ways.
Website:: www.landlegacy.com/index.asp?page=new&issue=20040002
Contact:: Steve Bonner
Community Planner
NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance
512-916-5163
steve_bonner@nps.gov

Project Name:: New Mexico Collaborative Forest Restoration Program (CFRP)
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: $18 million awarded for collaborative forest restoration, hazardous fuel reduction, or small diameter utilization treatment on 15,000 acres of forest land.
Contact:: Walter Dunn
Program Coordinator
USDA Forest Service
505-842-3425
wdunn@fs.fed.us

Far West

Project Name:: Cooperative Air Quality Workshops
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A series of agricultural air quality workshops were offered to San Joaquin Valley farmers to create Conservation Management Practice plans (CMPs).
Contact:: John Beyer
NRCS Air Quality Coordinator
Natural Resources Conservation Service
559-252-2191
john.beyer@ca.usda.gov

Project Name:: Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program
Location:: Far West: Nevada, California, South-Central/South-West: Arizona
Summary:: This innovative project is the largest and longest-term major river system habitat restoration plan, designed to create habitat and protect listed and sensitive species.
Website:: www.usbr.gov/lc/lcrmscp
Contact:: Lorri Gray
Program Director
Bureau of Reclamation
702-293-8555
lgray@lc.usbr.gov

Project Name:: Jordan Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area
Location:: Far West: Idaho, Oregon
Summary:: Twelve public and private partners are managing weeds across Oregon and Idaho by sharing equipment, funds, labor, and local information.
Contact:: Dennis Stanford
Private Landowner and Chairman
Jordan Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area
541-583-2278
Mike_Woods@or.blm.gov

Project Name:: Fox Creek Riparian Zone Restoration
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: Installation of seven miles of fencing and 4,000 cuttings was completed in September, 2003. With the help of six partners, Fox Creek is now protected from trespass cattle and in restoration.
Website:: foxcreek.7glt.org
Contact:: Marshall McComb
Land Steward
Fox Creek Farm
(541) 675-8876
FoxCreek@(nospam)7GLT.org

Project Name:: Salt Pond Restoration in San Francisco Bay
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Restoration of 25,000 wetland acres at salt ponds around San Francisco Bay, with additional benefits from flood management, public access, and recreation.
Website:: www.southbayrestoration.org/ and http://www.napa-sonoma-marsh.org/
Contact:: Nadine Hitchcock
San Francisco Bay Program Manager
State Coastal Conservancy
510-286-4176
nhitchcock@scc.ca.gov

Project Name:: Local Action Strategies (LAS)
Location:: Far West: Pacific Islands , Hawaii, Southeastern: Virgin Islands, Florida, Puerto Rico
Summary:: Local Action Strategies are locally driven plans for action among federal, state, territory, and non-governmental partners, which implement actions to reduce threats to coral reefs.
Website:: www.coralreef.gov/las/
Contact:: Bill Millhouser
Regional Manager, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
NOAA
301-713-3155 ext. 189
bill.millhouser@noaa.gov

Project Name:: Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP)
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: Program provides framework for local jurisdictions to voluntarily develop a "sub-area" Habitat Conservation Plan and receive "take authorization", while conserving approx. 172,000 acres of habitat.
Contact:: Thomas Oberbauer
Chief of the Multiple Species Planning Division
Department of Planning and Land Use, County of San Diego
858-694-3701
Thomas.Oberbauer@sdcounty.ca.gov

Project Name:: Sustaining Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Recreation, Channel Islands
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A 4-year effort to build a community consensus based on science for a reserve network successfully identified recovery goals for fisheries, biodiversity, education, economics, and heritage values.
Contact:: Gary E. Davis
Visiting Chief Scientist
National Park Service
805-658-5707
gary_davis@nps.gov

Current Conservation Programs